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a member of the senate armed services committee, senator john mccain. [applause] >> they are excited about john. >> next to senator john mccain, a man who was inside the israeli military the status with for 40 years. he has participated in two non- proliferation operations on behalf of israel, the first of which was as a young pilot in 1981. he was a pilot into being is ready operation. please help me welcome general amos yadlin. [applause] >> and a distinguished member of the u.s. armed services committee who played a key role in helping to combat anti-israel said the man at the united nations in a number of roles through the senate. please help me welcome kirsten gillibrand. >> senator mccain, i want to start with you. iran is on everybody's mind. what can the united states do working together to deal with iran and prevent iran from acquiring nuclear weapons capabilities? >> thank you and thank you all for the warm welcome. what a great honor it is to be with general yadlin. we once through the same type of airplane. the difference is he used to shoot
a member of the senate armed services committee, senator john mccain. [applause] >> they are excited about john. >> next to senator john mccain, a man who was inside the israeli military the status with for 40 years. he has participated in two non- proliferation operations on behalf of israel, the first of which was as a young pilot in 1981. he was a pilot into being is ready operation. please help me welcome general amos yadlin. [applause] >> and a distinguished member of the...
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john mccain has just apologized for that comment. i think mccain realizes that the party is moving in a different direction. the appeal of a nonintervention of foreign policy is picking up speed within the party and rand paul stopped by national review earlier this week. he's a charismatic figure and that matters in politics. this is a guy who resonates with a lot of people and i think he has a bright future in republican politics. >> did john mccain revised his remark? i did not know that. >> he apologized. >> good for him. he was jealous that someone could stand up for 12 hours without urinating. >> rand paul had help with other folks. i agree with the fact that we ought to be putting pressure on the justice department and the administration to come forward with a lot of clearances. what was your take on it? situation he's in, many conservatives -- his father rand walk into a room and is the opposite. diffuse for ways to the situation. people who have served in politics understand how important that is. i had the privilege of going
john mccain has just apologized for that comment. i think mccain realizes that the party is moving in a different direction. the appeal of a nonintervention of foreign policy is picking up speed within the party and rand paul stopped by national review earlier this week. he's a charismatic figure and that matters in politics. this is a guy who resonates with a lot of people and i think he has a bright future in republican politics. >> did john mccain revised his remark? i did not know...
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and john mccain has apologized for that comment. i think even mccain realizes, as a grandee in the party, that the parties moving in a different direction, that the appeal of a nonintervention in foreign- policy is really picking up's read. rand paul stop by national review and he is a charismatic figure. that matters in politics. we saw his speech here and elsewhere that this is a guy who resonates on the floor and i think he has a bright future in republican politics. >> did john mccain revised his remark? i did not know that. >> he apologized. >> good for him. he was jealous that someone could stand up for 12 hours without urinating. >> rand paul had help with other folks. i agree with the fact that we ought to be putting pressure on the justice department and the administration to come forward with a lot of clearances. what was your take on it? >> given the situation he's in, many conservatives -- his father could walk into a room and rand is the opposite. rand looks for ways to diffuse the situation. people who have served in p
and john mccain has apologized for that comment. i think even mccain realizes, as a grandee in the party, that the parties moving in a different direction, that the appeal of a nonintervention in foreign- policy is really picking up's read. rand paul stop by national review and he is a charismatic figure. that matters in politics. we saw his speech here and elsewhere that this is a guy who resonates on the floor and i think he has a bright future in republican politics. >> did john mccain...
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host: you mentioned john mccain. he was one of the senate republicans who was at the dinner with the president on wednesday. that does it for our first segment this morning. if up next, the latest diplomatic challenges facing the united states with blake hounshell of foreign policy magazine. later, medicaid expansion and funding and the pros and cons for state governors across the country. we will be right back. >> ♪ [video clip] >> one of the things that and early american wife was taught to do, she supported her husband's career usually through entertaining. solly was -- dolly was socially adept and politically savvy, so she could structure entertainment in such a way that she could lobby for her husband under the guise of entertaining. she also thought it was very important to create a setting in the white house almost like a stage for the performance of her husband and the conduct of politics and diplomacy. >> for slaby dolly madison. we follow our journey from a young quaker would go into the woman history rem
host: you mentioned john mccain. he was one of the senate republicans who was at the dinner with the president on wednesday. that does it for our first segment this morning. if up next, the latest diplomatic challenges facing the united states with blake hounshell of foreign policy magazine. later, medicaid expansion and funding and the pros and cons for state governors across the country. we will be right back. >> ♪ [video clip] >> one of the things that and early american wife...
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taken a lookso back at mitt romney and john mccain. [video clip] >> the popular media narrative' is that this country has shifted away from conservative ideals, as evidenced by the last two presidential elections. that is what they think. that is what they say. that might be true if republicans have actually nominated conservative candidates in 2008 and 2012. it might be peak -- it might be true. now we are told that our party must shift appeal to the growing hispanic demographic. let me say something about what appeals to hispanics in states like texas. it is the free enterprise agenda that allows small businesses to prosper. free of government interference. it is the policies that value the family unit as the best and closest form of government. it is the belief in life, faith, and god. host: as you hear from governor rick perry of texas, you're reaction? is thei do not think it american public that has moved left. i think it is that the republican party has moved right. part of a quandary for the republican party is frankly the demo
taken a lookso back at mitt romney and john mccain. [video clip] >> the popular media narrative' is that this country has shifted away from conservative ideals, as evidenced by the last two presidential elections. that is what they think. that is what they say. that might be true if republicans have actually nominated conservative candidates in 2008 and 2012. it might be peak -- it might be true. now we are told that our party must shift appeal to the growing hispanic demographic. let me...
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this was back in the summer of 2008 when john mccain obviously had to pick a running mate. and bill talked about her a lot on television. >> but is it somebody like philip anschutz, he did not own it at the time. it was owned by rupert murdoch. >> did they feel the power of that thing? did you get feedback from him saying that is why i spend this money every year on that magazine? >> occasionally, but not on that article. sarah palin. >> well, why do people, you know, philip anschutz is the 33rd most wealthy person in the united states. why did they spend this money on these kinds of things? >> i think for different reasons. murdoch is a guy who has been in journalism his entire life. he is a content guy. who cares about content? one of the interesting things i can do with rupert murdoch. he will go through magazine and critique it. who reads it? you know, you find that particularly in washington, republicans read it, some democrats, but particularly at the clinton white house they were interested in getting copies of "the weekly standard." not just elected officials but co
this was back in the summer of 2008 when john mccain obviously had to pick a running mate. and bill talked about her a lot on television. >> but is it somebody like philip anschutz, he did not own it at the time. it was owned by rupert murdoch. >> did they feel the power of that thing? did you get feedback from him saying that is why i spend this money every year on that magazine? >> occasionally, but not on that article. sarah palin. >> well, why do people, you know,...
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caller: speaker john boehner was attacking senator john mccain and the republicans in the senate. what was the cause of that and what the -- what will the results be as far as the fiscal cliff is concerned? guest: referring to the issues with regard to the dinner the other night? caller: it was after the dinner. i saw the speaker on abc news. he made an attack on the republican party in the senate, particularly speaker boehner went after senator mccain. i believe it was the speaker who held the senate hostage with his irate debate about the nomination, saying the senate was not getting anything accomplished in many aspects of legislation. host: making a connection to the filibuster this week. guest: we have seen this strategy from speaker boehner over and over lately. politico did a piece about it lately. he is trying to put the onus on the senate to get things done. you back to it before and now it is the senator's turn. he worked it out with the president and we will pick it up from there -- it is the senate's turn. we acted before and you work it out with the president -- -- be
caller: speaker john boehner was attacking senator john mccain and the republicans in the senate. what was the cause of that and what the -- what will the results be as far as the fiscal cliff is concerned? guest: referring to the issues with regard to the dinner the other night? caller: it was after the dinner. i saw the speaker on abc news. he made an attack on the republican party in the senate, particularly speaker boehner went after senator mccain. i believe it was the speaker who held the...
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[applause] >> they're excited about john. >> and next to senator john mccain, a man who was inside israel's military establishment for 40 years, his most recent position was head of military intelligence for the i.d.f., he participated in two nonproliveuation operations on behalf of israel, the fest of which was as a pilot, a young pilot, in 1981, he was one of the pilots in the israeli operation into osirac and iraq. general. [applause] and a distinguished member of the u.s. senate armed services committee a newer member to the senate but has played a key role in helping to combat anti-israel sentiment at the united nations in a number of roles through the senate, please help me welcome senator kirsten jill brand. >> thank you. -- gillibrang. >> thank you. >> i want to jump right into the discussion with a short period of time and a lot of territory to cover, senator mccain, i want to start with you. iran is on everybody's mind. you have been working and thinking about the issue of iran for a very long time, long before it was on many people's radar screens. in short, what can the united s
[applause] >> they're excited about john. >> and next to senator john mccain, a man who was inside israel's military establishment for 40 years, his most recent position was head of military intelligence for the i.d.f., he participated in two nonproliveuation operations on behalf of israel, the fest of which was as a pilot, a young pilot, in 1981, he was one of the pilots in the israeli operation into osirac and iraq. general. [applause] and a distinguished member of the u.s. senate...
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this was back in the summer of 2008 when john mccain obviously had to pick a running mate. and bill talked about her a lot on television. he was on fox news sunday, and other shows, that got some attention, and so, i didn't recall any immediate reaction when this article came out. it must have been the late summer or early fall of 2007. >> but is it somebody like philip anschutz, he did not own it at the time. was owned by rupert murdoch. >> did they feel the power of that thing. did you get feedback from him saying that is why i spend this money every year on that magazine? >> occasionally, but not on that article. sarah palin. >> well, why do people, you know, philip anschutz is the 33rd most wealthy person in the united states. rupert hur dock has got to be up there, too. why did they spend this money on these kinds of things? >> le with, i think for different reasons. murdock is a guy who has been in journalism the entire life. he is a content guy. who cares about content? onone of the interesting thingsi can do with rupert murdoch. he will go through magazine and criti
this was back in the summer of 2008 when john mccain obviously had to pick a running mate. and bill talked about her a lot on television. he was on fox news sunday, and other shows, that got some attention, and so, i didn't recall any immediate reaction when this article came out. it must have been the late summer or early fall of 2007. >> but is it somebody like philip anschutz, he did not own it at the time. was owned by rupert murdoch. >> did they feel the power of that thing....
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it was john mccain and joe lieberman who were doing this and smiling through it. >> getting me to what i wanted asked about, we have seen pricing legislation start to show up. even though it would not technically go to your committee it touches on every issue before your committee. is there any chance of a passage of legislation that seems remote right now? do you want the majority leader to bring the boxer sanders bill or some other mechanism to the floor? is it time for the senate to have another floor debate? >> first of all, the majority leader indicated in his first or second press conference after the election that we have got to do something on climate change. he has already signaled that this is a priority for him. what was useful about the president's comments in the state of the union is that only the congress has the tools to deal with the added challenge presented by climate change, where you have got to figure out a way to write down the emissions. in effect it was put in the congressman's lap. i think that people were surprised because he gave a very strong statements and
it was john mccain and joe lieberman who were doing this and smiling through it. >> getting me to what i wanted asked about, we have seen pricing legislation start to show up. even though it would not technically go to your committee it touches on every issue before your committee. is there any chance of a passage of legislation that seems remote right now? do you want the majority leader to bring the boxer sanders bill or some other mechanism to the floor? is it time for the senate to...
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mitt romney did better with receiver single demographic than john mccain. more of them voted for mitt romney than voted for mccain. the only two groups that voted more for mccain than romney were asians and hispanics, the two largest immigrant groups this country has been taken in for the last 30 years. teddy kennedy specifically designed his immigration act of 1965 to change america temperature graphically without checking with the american people. it is impossible to immigrate here from europe. 80% of our immigrates come from the third world, 60% of them go on welfare, the higher percentage of native-born americans. we have a more dependent society. we have people who want welfare and we cannot get the votes of the dependent society without changing our policies. they are awful people, those democrats. every time -- [applause] every time a woman has a child out of wedlock, they think oh, great another temperaturic voter. every time a family gets divorced another democratic voter. every time someone goes on welfare, they think fantastic another democratic
mitt romney did better with receiver single demographic than john mccain. more of them voted for mitt romney than voted for mccain. the only two groups that voted more for mccain than romney were asians and hispanics, the two largest immigrant groups this country has been taken in for the last 30 years. teddy kennedy specifically designed his immigration act of 1965 to change america temperature graphically without checking with the american people. it is impossible to immigrate here from...
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mitt romney did better with receiver single demographic than john mccain. more of them voted for mitt romney than voted for mccain. the only two groups that voted more for mccain than romney were asians and hispanics, the two largest immigrant groups this country has been taken in for the last 30 years. teddy kennedy specifically designed his immigration act of 1965 to change america temperature graphically without checking with the american people. it is impossible to immigrant here from europe. 80% of our immigrants come from the third world, 60% of them go on welfare, the higher percentage of native-born americans. we have a more dependent society. we have people who want welfare and we cannot get the votes of the dependent society without changing our policies. they are awful people, those democrats. every time -- [applause] every time a woman has a child out of wedlock, they think oh, great another democratic voter. every time a family gets divorced another democratic voter. every time someone goes on welfare, they think fantastic another democratic vo
mitt romney did better with receiver single demographic than john mccain. more of them voted for mitt romney than voted for mccain. the only two groups that voted more for mccain than romney were asians and hispanics, the two largest immigrant groups this country has been taken in for the last 30 years. teddy kennedy specifically designed his immigration act of 1965 to change america temperature graphically without checking with the american people. it is impossible to immigrant here from...
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mccain and the bipartisan policy center's immigration director. "washington journal" live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. and thefotainment coverage of political news, with the executive director of tmx, a former network news anchor, and .n "l.a. times" writer this is an hour and 15 minutes. [applause] >> thanks so much for being here. thank you to my colleagues. this is a terrific panel of three incredible journalists with incredibly different backgrounds. let's get into it. i must confess this is the first time i was told i would be moderating this panel. i felt great physical pain. it was a flashback, a moment of real physical pain back in 2003 outside buildings in norwalk. the recall election was scheduled and people were going to run for governor. i was staking it out and covering it when arnold schwarzenegger walked up the stairs to file his papers. i was sitting at a respectful distance and trying to get in a question. arnold was ignoring me. next thing i knew, my head had hit the ground. i had been mowed over by teams of reporters and crew
mccain and the bipartisan policy center's immigration director. "washington journal" live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. and thefotainment coverage of political news, with the executive director of tmx, a former network news anchor, and .n "l.a. times" writer this is an hour and 15 minutes. [applause] >> thanks so much for being here. thank you to my colleagues. this is a terrific panel of three incredible journalists with incredibly different backgrounds. let's get...
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to what degree do you see the that arizona will become a blue state as john mccain has predicted? senator mccain has called it right. the demographics of arizona are changing. he sees it happening every day because he is back and forth all the time. that has some influence on those who had previously been suspect of getting into the immigration debate. i will tell you what happened in my opinion, which is to say that ,n early part of the 2000's between closing of san diego and llosing off el pascrell -- eo so much of the apprehensions were occurring in the tucson sector. people were under the impression that it was not under any sort of control. it caused some real political push back. people were legitimately concerned about what was born on. i was concerned. i was firing off letters to be .resident and to our delegation when i came in, i said, we are going to focus on this and shut that down. from its peak until now, we have had 75% to a 90% reduction of apprehensions along that arizona-mexico border. point, public procession begins to change back. more and more people are sayin
to what degree do you see the that arizona will become a blue state as john mccain has predicted? senator mccain has called it right. the demographics of arizona are changing. he sees it happening every day because he is back and forth all the time. that has some influence on those who had previously been suspect of getting into the immigration debate. i will tell you what happened in my opinion, which is to say that ,n early part of the 2000's between closing of san diego and llosing off el...
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john mccain, lindsey graham and chuck flake. and chuck schumer become on press" this morning. -- bingham said, "you can't be too wonky on c-span." caller, hi, catherine. caller: i have a comment on this situation. with 20 million unemployed american citizens, some of them returning vets, a lot of them college students not being able find jobs, the parties to fall all over each other to to a group of people who country.t be in this host: rebecca tallent? guest: there are two pieces here. rate which yout lot --tioning amongst a especially college graduates and veterans -- i know is a significant concern society that the gang of eight is putting together basis much of the cap off of unemployment in certain areas and certain sectors so you're not flooding the market in places ratea high unemployment with temporary workers where they might have the possibility workers fillrican those jobs, too. the second piece you mentioned was the pandering to people who here and i think there's -- that people are looking at the situation more in a
john mccain, lindsey graham and chuck flake. and chuck schumer become on press" this morning. -- bingham said, "you can't be too wonky on c-span." caller, hi, catherine. caller: i have a comment on this situation. with 20 million unemployed american citizens, some of them returning vets, a lot of them college students not being able find jobs, the parties to fall all over each other to to a group of people who country.t be in this host: rebecca tallent? guest: there are two...
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and then calling people like john mccain and lindsey gram to the white house. they want more spending for the military and republicans out here in the heart land, we're done with that. we want some smart cuts. john mccain and lindsay gram are out of the picture as far as we're concerned. >> first of all, i think as we mentioned before the idea that the president is trying to target a few of the republicans in the senate who might agree with him and might be willing to change improvements replacing the sequester with some tax revenue, i think is a pretty clear strategy from the white house. they need a handful of republicans and he's trying to get something done. is it for show? this say president who you think the white house would like to get a budget deal and allow him to move on to other issue, immigration, gun control, get that done. he needs to get a budget deal if he wants to do that. that's why he's having this outreach. whether it will be successful, a lot of republicans didn't hear anything new from the president. he enjoyed eating his meal. but they d
and then calling people like john mccain and lindsey gram to the white house. they want more spending for the military and republicans out here in the heart land, we're done with that. we want some smart cuts. john mccain and lindsay gram are out of the picture as far as we're concerned. >> first of all, i think as we mentioned before the idea that the president is trying to target a few of the republicans in the senate who might agree with him and might be willing to change improvements...
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john mccain, lindsey graham, kelly ayotte, richard berg, john corpora, tom coburn, johnson of wisconsin. this was a collection of people that may not have ever expected a chance to sit with the president, but they all went to the jefferson hotel, a very nice establishment, just a few blocks from the white house, to have a productive dinner, those were the early reports from the senators. sobel reports suggest the president has invited the house budget committee chairman paul ryan to the white house to continue this out reached to republicans. apparently, they're trying to get a grand compromise orchestrated and perhaps approved later this year regarding fiscal matters, regarding entitlement reform, tax reform, maybe changes to sequestration, and making sure there's a real budget that gets passed in the coming months. host: finally, one other congressional issue, the house passed the continuing resolution last night. or yesterday. guest: they did, by helping martin, which now comes to the senate. it's expected they will mark that up next week. are significant concerns among senate democr
john mccain, lindsey graham, kelly ayotte, richard berg, john corpora, tom coburn, johnson of wisconsin. this was a collection of people that may not have ever expected a chance to sit with the president, but they all went to the jefferson hotel, a very nice establishment, just a few blocks from the white house, to have a productive dinner, those were the early reports from the senators. sobel reports suggest the president has invited the house budget committee chairman paul ryan to the white...
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she received less coverage than john mccain and steve forbes. hillary clinton and sarah palin received a lot of coverage, but palin got less positive coverage. speaking about clinton and palin, one of the things that was disheartening was that not only do they get negative coverage focusing on the image, but they were highly sexualized in that campaign. hillary clinton was questioned for being feminine. she was described as overachieving and aggressive and scary. palin was sexualized to be a sex object. that is what happened in that campaign. palin's coverage when she ran against joe biden found that she was often covered in feminine traits and issues, even though in her speeches she talks about masculine traits and issues. there is a disconnect chain what she was saying and what the media covered. we found that she received less coverage than her six male opponents. 56% mentioned -- she was the focus of only 5%. this length of her coverage was mostly neutral and him are negative then mitt romney. she was less likely to be tied to foreign policy
she received less coverage than john mccain and steve forbes. hillary clinton and sarah palin received a lot of coverage, but palin got less positive coverage. speaking about clinton and palin, one of the things that was disheartening was that not only do they get negative coverage focusing on the image, but they were highly sexualized in that campaign. hillary clinton was questioned for being feminine. she was described as overachieving and aggressive and scary. palin was sexualized to be a...
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she received less than john mccain and steve forbes who were behind her in the polling. sara palin did receive a lot of coverage. but less positive coverage and more image coverage. speaking primarily about clinton and palin and richard talked about this is that one of the things that was disheartening about that race, not only did they get negative coverage on their image but they were highly sex liesed in that campaign. hillary clinton was described as overachieving and scary. and sara palin was described as a sex object. study of palin's coverage when she ran for vice president found that she was often covered in feminine straits and issues even though in her speeches and tv ads she talked about masculine issues. i'm in the midst of a study of coverage of her male opponents and she received less coverage. she was mentioned in 56% of the stories we analyzed. 56 mentioned but when you looked at quoted stories she was quoted in only 19% and the focus of only 5%. the slant was neutral and no more negative than mitt romney. and she was linked to masculine issues so that wa
she received less than john mccain and steve forbes who were behind her in the polling. sara palin did receive a lot of coverage. but less positive coverage and more image coverage. speaking primarily about clinton and palin and richard talked about this is that one of the things that was disheartening about that race, not only did they get negative coverage on their image but they were highly sex liesed in that campaign. hillary clinton was described as overachieving and scary. and sara palin...
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it's not john mccain or lindsey graham talking about this. it is someone with a different republican message although she's been different in her message. she is not diverged from what the republican conventions have been on this issue. in utah, independent caller. caller: good morning, thanks for taking my call. it is a wonderful thing to see increased diversity of panelists and female senators. week very interested last to see the female senators questioning various representatives of the armed services relative to the sexual abuse situation in the u.s. military. that is a very relevant topic that concerns all of us. briefly, senator claire mccaskill talked about the incidents of sexual abuse against males in the u.s. military. no other individual had brought that up besides her and she only talked about it for a few seconds. it's encouraging to see that she has done that. i certainly support her in her bravery to address the subject, because i think sometimes in the , issuese that we have of abuse against males, both children and men, this
it's not john mccain or lindsey graham talking about this. it is someone with a different republican message although she's been different in her message. she is not diverged from what the republican conventions have been on this issue. in utah, independent caller. caller: good morning, thanks for taking my call. it is a wonderful thing to see increased diversity of panelists and female senators. week very interested last to see the female senators questioning various representatives of the...
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and people from the republican establishment, like senators john mccain and lindsey graham. our are contemptuous of vision, and our vision is distinctly different from today's reality. our country is $17 trillion in debt, and we are headed to bankruptcy. our gross domestic product shrunk, and wall street profits it. seven out of the 10 wealthiest counties in america are right here in boom town d.c. like "the hunger games." corrupted deals are standard operating procedure. yet, in the heartland, and in point is in the double digits. is in doublent digits. when obamacare is fully enacted, a million people will lose their current health insurance. bemillion people will still uninsured. have toily of four will pay $20,000 per year for the cheapest health-care plan. studies show that medicaid surgical patients today are far more likely to die than those that have no insurance at all. ae affordable care act is con. in reality, it is not affordable, callous, and cool. -- cruel. our attributes will be the that died.- patients most of our elected officials do not know how to even sol
and people from the republican establishment, like senators john mccain and lindsey graham. our are contemptuous of vision, and our vision is distinctly different from today's reality. our country is $17 trillion in debt, and we are headed to bankruptcy. our gross domestic product shrunk, and wall street profits it. seven out of the 10 wealthiest counties in america are right here in boom town d.c. like "the hunger games." corrupted deals are standard operating procedure. yet, in the...
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mccain and george bush did. then we heard this incredible number from the obama campaign that we were going to raise $1 billion. we had a meeting and got together and asked, how do we raise $1 billion? and sure enough, they delivered $1 billion. we quickly changed the structure how we were going to get $1 billion and we came very close and we ran it like a business. every state, every region had state chairs, city chairs, our finance operations is probably you losest thing to the -- know, i don't want to compare it to the obama political machine because that's a -- you know, a whole other stratosphere but in terms of what we get on the finance side, holding people fired able, i mean, we volunteers, for instance that weren't hitting their goals. but you have to do that. if you're going to hold people to a standard and say these are the goals, these are the metrics, we measured them every day. and if they weren't working, we tried something differently and i think that's the reason we were able to come as close as
mccain and george bush did. then we heard this incredible number from the obama campaign that we were going to raise $1 billion. we had a meeting and got together and asked, how do we raise $1 billion? and sure enough, they delivered $1 billion. we quickly changed the structure how we were going to get $1 billion and we came very close and we ran it like a business. every state, every region had state chairs, city chairs, our finance operations is probably you losest thing to the -- know, i...
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john mccain, mitt romney, who were republican by name, but it did not work. caller: i am amazed at age 12 -- age 12 youamazed, at sound very smart. jewish i go to a private school in virginia. host: any interest in running for public office down the road? caller: i hope. host: who are your political heroes? caller: new gingrich. i know eric cantor. i go to school with his nephews. michele bachmann. and alec herman cain. host: how did you become so smart on domestic politics? i do: i do not -- caller: not know, i read a lot of articles. voters have of 1/10th of the knowledge that he does, and they can vote. host: when you were called, could you call and and, on that? host: you made our morning. thank you. curtis is next from texas. can you talk jacob? cannot!no, i [laughter] and does not make any difference they do, it will come back to the middle-class. it always has, it always will. we will be the one to bail the government out. they let big business go to the cayman islands, they let them put their money over there so they do not have to pay taxes. and yet,
john mccain, mitt romney, who were republican by name, but it did not work. caller: i am amazed at age 12 -- age 12 youamazed, at sound very smart. jewish i go to a private school in virginia. host: any interest in running for public office down the road? caller: i hope. host: who are your political heroes? caller: new gingrich. i know eric cantor. i go to school with his nephews. michele bachmann. and alec herman cain. host: how did you become so smart on domestic politics? i do: i do not --...
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not just john mccain or lindsey graham talking about this. it's something who obviously brings a different face to the republican message. although she's been very disciplined in what she portrays and the kind of message she takes. she hasn't diverged at all from what the republican conventions have been on these issues. host: we'll go to phone calls. mike in utah, independent caller, go ahead. caller: yeah. good morning. thanks for taking my call. host: good morning. caller: it is certainly a wonderful thing to see increased diversity of the panelists and the female senators. i was very interested last week to see the female senators questioning various representatives of the armed services relative to the sexual abuse situation in the u.s. military. and that is certainly a very relevant topic that concerns all of us. senator mccaskill talked about three seconds about the sexual abuse against males in the u.s. military and no other individual had brought that up besides her. she only talked about it for just a very few seconds. it's encourag
not just john mccain or lindsey graham talking about this. it's something who obviously brings a different face to the republican message. although she's been very disciplined in what she portrays and the kind of message she takes. she hasn't diverged at all from what the republican conventions have been on these issues. host: we'll go to phone calls. mike in utah, independent caller, go ahead. caller: yeah. good morning. thanks for taking my call. host: good morning. caller: it is certainly a...
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because of that and only because of that, john mccain was able to get 40 million. mccain andput john joe lieberman on the same ticket, you would have put people to sleep and nobody would have cared. with sarah palin, you got 38 million. with the vice-presidential debate with biden, 60 half and 65 million -- and a half -- and half million people. guest: that is why she is here at 12:00. one of the panel's we are having is the left side and right side we are having is the left side and right side of the brain discussion. most alexa's are won by the heart. are won by the heart. sarah palin is always able to take our principles and translate them an appeal to the heart or the right side of the brain. that is why she is so successful. the run for public office, you have to submit yourself to the will of the voters. if she decides to run bank -- to will be a viable -- a viablee candidate. she would be a strong can they from day one if she decides to take that step. tennessee on our democratic line. we will be laid off -- to be laid off every year at christmas time. aroun
because of that and only because of that, john mccain was able to get 40 million. mccain andput john joe lieberman on the same ticket, you would have put people to sleep and nobody would have cared. with sarah palin, you got 38 million. with the vice-presidential debate with biden, 60 half and 65 million -- and a half -- and half million people. guest: that is why she is here at 12:00. one of the panel's we are having is the left side and right side we are having is the left side and right side...
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they talk with lindsey gramm and john mccain and assistant majority leader dick durbin. the sunday network tv talk shows this afternoon on c-span radio are brought to you as a public service by the networks and c- span. 1:00, "this week." at 4:00, "face the nation." you can listen to that at91 fm in the washington area. listen on your smartphone or go online to c-spanradio.org. >> i was fascinated by her feminist view. that of the ladies are going to be trouble. she warned her husband. you cannot rule without including what women want and what women have to contribute. this is the 1700s she is saying that. >> abigail adams on "first ladies: influence and image." she was outspoken on her views on slavery and woman's right. she provides a unique window into colonial america and her life with john adams. it joined in on the conversation live on monday night at 9:00 eastern. >> " you washington journal -- "washington journal" continues. host: we have will rahn and sabrina siddiqui. we have been asking our viewers in a word or phrase how they would describe sequestration. wil
they talk with lindsey gramm and john mccain and assistant majority leader dick durbin. the sunday network tv talk shows this afternoon on c-span radio are brought to you as a public service by the networks and c- span. 1:00, "this week." at 4:00, "face the nation." you can listen to that at91 fm in the washington area. listen on your smartphone or go online to c-spanradio.org. >> i was fascinated by her feminist view. that of the ladies are going to be trouble. she...
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many years ago in 1999 i worked for the presidential campaign of senator john mccain. takei learned is if you the word campaign finances reform and string them together enough times you can take the most politically obsessed audience in the world and put them to sleep. we've learned redistricting reform is this is not the kind of things that voters wake up and think about. and think about streets parks. a question for any panelist, how do you get people, voters, to focus on something that sounds like inside baseball, but could have a profound effect that the senator is talking about? >> one way to do is to let everything go to hell, which is happening now, and they can say how come we are not fixing this? to provide a bookend for the focus on the campaign money that candidates have to raise, we can focus on what dan mentioned, people's money, that congress is responsible for appropriating and budgeting. the government might not be responsible for everything, but they are certainly responsible for our money, and they are responsible for allocating what they collect from
many years ago in 1999 i worked for the presidential campaign of senator john mccain. takei learned is if you the word campaign finances reform and string them together enough times you can take the most politically obsessed audience in the world and put them to sleep. we've learned redistricting reform is this is not the kind of things that voters wake up and think about. and think about streets parks. a question for any panelist, how do you get people, voters, to focus on something that...
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republicans john mccain and jeff flake of arizona will be joined by democrats chuck schumer of new york and michael bennet of colorado. they are wrapping up a bill designed to secure the border and put 11 million illegal immigrants on a path to citizenship. a new study says insurance companies may have to spend 1/3 more for medical claims under health care reform. aside -- the society of -- the society of actuaries says uninsured americans and those buying a policy directly from the insurance company should be concerned. the obama administration, meanwhile, is questioning the study, saying he does not take into consideration cost-relief strategies like tax credits -- saying it does not take into consideration cost-relief strategies like tax credits. it took the president until june, 2002, to develop an answer, and his answer was two states for to the peoples -- for only when thatt palestinian state will be a decent, stable, peaceful, democratic >> non-corrupt government. -- democratic, non-corrupt government. gives ant abrams insider view into the accomplishments and failures of the bus
republicans john mccain and jeff flake of arizona will be joined by democrats chuck schumer of new york and michael bennet of colorado. they are wrapping up a bill designed to secure the border and put 11 million illegal immigrants on a path to citizenship. a new study says insurance companies may have to spend 1/3 more for medical claims under health care reform. aside -- the society of -- the society of actuaries says uninsured americans and those buying a policy directly from the insurance...
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the establishment has given us a whole series of losers, bob dole and john mccain and mitt romney. even when they picked a winner they picked somebody who spent more than the democrats, added more programs that cost money to the taxpayers, and he tried to give us open borders to the north american union and through the amnesty that he lined up with ted kennedy. we need to have the grassroots takeover and elect the kind of candidate sarah palin has been backing. that is your challenge. i urge you to be a part of the republican party because we have a two-party system, a third party is not going to cut it, we need to have you working in all of those party positions so that you can make sure we nominate and elect the right candidate. why is it that the establishment has given us this bunch of losers? they have certain criteria they try to enforce on their candidate. first of all they want only candidates who will vote the way they are told to vote. we like to have one's to our -- we'd like to have one's that will stir up a little trouble. and then they want candidates who will talk on
the establishment has given us a whole series of losers, bob dole and john mccain and mitt romney. even when they picked a winner they picked somebody who spent more than the democrats, added more programs that cost money to the taxpayers, and he tried to give us open borders to the north american union and through the amnesty that he lined up with ted kennedy. we need to have the grassroots takeover and elect the kind of candidate sarah palin has been backing. that is your challenge. i urge...
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john mccain athletes spoke to that. the real question about the -- john mccain aptly spoke to that. we can go after these guys in yemen, somalia, the border of pakistan. jonas have cost civilian casualties -- drones have caused civilian casualties. we are dealing with governments that have not been transparent with their own people about what they are doing. we have a military that is privately telling the u.s., go ahead and drone these guys. publicly in the press they are saying, we do not know anything about this. it is terrible that this is happening. that undermines the policy and gets everyone upset. host: with the son-in-law of osama bin laden in jail, do we have any of the hundreds of service we have in u.s. prisons escaped or released? guest: prisons have been released from guantanamo bay. there is the release process that happens. the government makes a determination on whether they think these guys are safe to release and what did they negotiate with their own countries to incarcerate them they are. the scary thing that has happened putting really with yemen and saudi arab
john mccain athletes spoke to that. the real question about the -- john mccain aptly spoke to that. we can go after these guys in yemen, somalia, the border of pakistan. jonas have cost civilian casualties -- drones have caused civilian casualties. we are dealing with governments that have not been transparent with their own people about what they are doing. we have a military that is privately telling the u.s., go ahead and drone these guys. publicly in the press they are saying, we do not...
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mccain, working on an immigration bill, reportedly hoping to have it ready to introduce when congress comes back into session early in april. i want to thank everyone who participated in this edition of the "washington journal," and we will see you here tomorrow morning right here at 7:00 a.m. eastern time. ♪
mccain, working on an immigration bill, reportedly hoping to have it ready to introduce when congress comes back into session early in april. i want to thank everyone who participated in this edition of the "washington journal," and we will see you here tomorrow morning right here at 7:00 a.m. eastern time. ♪
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mccain and chuck schumer trying to get a deal done. i think a lot of like-minded people want to see this happen, including you. but immigration, solving that problem, addressing some of the educational shortfalls we have in this country will probably have more to do with the long- term competitiveness of the united states manufacturing than anything else. so, keep those efforts going. keep supporting this guy. [laughter] >> talk a little bit about -- so you manufacture these great products. with the help of the ex-im bank and others, exporting not only products, but exporting u.s. engagement and influence and so on, let me ask you a couple questions about that. number one, we got a three-year extension on the ex-im bank. so many people do not understand that the u.s. ton of moneykes a on this. gives us the real life story -- give us the real life story. >> xm has always been important for companies that import. it has been important for small and medium-sized businesses that frankly find it even more difficult to export without some fi
mccain and chuck schumer trying to get a deal done. i think a lot of like-minded people want to see this happen, including you. but immigration, solving that problem, addressing some of the educational shortfalls we have in this country will probably have more to do with the long- term competitiveness of the united states manufacturing than anything else. so, keep those efforts going. keep supporting this guy. [laughter] >> talk a little bit about -- so you manufacture these great...
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so with that, i would yield the floor and thank my colleague, john mccain, for being down here. the presiding officer: the senator from arizona. mr. mccain: mr. president, i intend to object, along with the senator from oklahoma, and i think he made the case. i would remind my colleagues that a week ago, senator coburn and i sent a letter to senator reid and senator mcconnell, with copies to senator mikulski and senator shelby, and we stated in one sentence, "we write to inform you of our intention to object to entering into a time agreement for floor consideration of a continuing resolution until we've had at least 72 hours to review its contents." that's -- that's what we wrote. that's what we asked for. and i would remind my colleagues again, it's a 597-page bill of over a trillion dollars that we got at 9:00 last night. is there anyone who has had time to read this entire bill of 597 pages long? and we're talking about a trillion dollars? a trillion dollars and we are holding up the united states senate over not having since 9:00 last night until 3:30 this afternoon to exami
so with that, i would yield the floor and thank my colleague, john mccain, for being down here. the presiding officer: the senator from arizona. mr. mccain: mr. president, i intend to object, along with the senator from oklahoma, and i think he made the case. i would remind my colleagues that a week ago, senator coburn and i sent a letter to senator reid and senator mcconnell, with copies to senator mikulski and senator shelby, and we stated in one sentence, "we write to inform you of our...
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megan and on politico, mccain, the daughter of senator john mccain, getting a television show. caller: i'd like to say a few things about professor hall's comments about the appearance or real appearance of politicians. i guess that kind of means the old cliche that politics is show business for ugly people is kind of over. more seriously though, i kind of disagree. i do not care what any of these people look like or anything like that and i do not care and i think it kind of underestimates the obvious, which i think is really a big problem here. get thisre you nonsense because the powers that be, whatever it cliche you want to use, they do not think people want to see this serious news. i think if you do put out serious news on a regular basis, by and large, most people would if they thought it had some direct impact on their life. we are talking about the decline in the standard of living for average americans, and that kind of stuff on a consistent basis. where you get your daily news from? it,er: anywhere i can get newspapers, television, radio, whatever is available at the
megan and on politico, mccain, the daughter of senator john mccain, getting a television show. caller: i'd like to say a few things about professor hall's comments about the appearance or real appearance of politicians. i guess that kind of means the old cliche that politics is show business for ugly people is kind of over. more seriously though, i kind of disagree. i do not care what any of these people look like or anything like that and i do not care and i think it kind of underestimates the...
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. >> on thursday, a number of signatures responded to the filibuster including john mccain. here is a quick look. >> we should not have any doubts that there are people inside and out of its few are members of terrorist organizations that want to repeat 9/11. they got there has not been in a repeat feared most was say there's been a certain elements of luck a smaller. it is an element of lot such as they, and others that have prevented a devastating attack on the united states. to somehow alleged or infer that the president of the united states is going to kill somebody like jane fonda or someone who disagrees with the policies is a stretch of imagination which is frankly ridiculous. it is ridiculous. i do not disagree that we need more debate and discussion and probably more legislation. to make sure that america does protect the rights of all of our citizens, to make sure at the same that if someone is an enemy combat and hasy nowhere to hide. not in a cafe. not anywhere. to say that somehow that even though we would try to take that person, to say that we would hit them i
. >> on thursday, a number of signatures responded to the filibuster including john mccain. here is a quick look. >> we should not have any doubts that there are people inside and out of its few are members of terrorist organizations that want to repeat 9/11. they got there has not been in a repeat feared most was say there's been a certain elements of luck a smaller. it is an element of lot such as they, and others that have prevented a devastating attack on the united states. to...